HorsEmpowerment

05/19/2024

Beautiful morning for the Nashon Cook Horsemanship Clinic at PINE KNOLL CENTER FOR INTEGRATED HORSEMANSHIP

03/26/2024

Really impressed with Tik Maynard Company he is a true horseman.

01/13/2024

Your vagus nerve, which travels from your brain to your belly, is one of the most overlooked secrets to better health. Learn how to tap into your own healing abilities whenever you need them most with this course by Harvard-certified anatomy expert Sadie Nardini. Bring your parasympathetic nervous s...

01/13/2024

Check out The Ohio & Kentucky Equestrian News: Fall Newsletter filled with informative articles for horse owners! https://mailchi.mp/b83e6864f1cb/fall2023

01/13/2024

We are excited to be offering our Ride Better By Spring Workshop Series starting 20th January, 2024. Click on this link for more information
https://keap.page/hvc343/rbbs-signup.html

01/10/2023

The Touched by a Horse® Equine Gestalt Coaching Method developed by Melisa Pearce is the most comprehensive equine coaching certification program available

12/31/2022

12/28/2022

07/18/2022

The meaningful bonds that can exist between people and horses have been shared widely across time and culture. Many who have worked closely with horses have ...

03/23/2022

Don’t prioritise your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey.
Your sense of humour though, will only get better with age.
Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.
Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.
Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.
Your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.
Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.
Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,
they will change forevermore, that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.
Prioritise the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.
These are the things which will only get better.

Donna Ashworth

11/07/2021

A group of Welsh mares with limited past human interactions exhibited signs of stress and relaxation in response to respective "angry" and "joyful" human facial expressions and sounds.

10/25/2021

Part of being a Connected Campus is fostering the health – and, particularly, mental health – of our students.

09/05/2021

Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a clue to explain the bidirectional "healing" that happens when we are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why we may "feel better" when we are around them. . . .studies have found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy--that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently. Often times, we only need to be in a horses presence to feel a sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits while interacting with horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that serve as pain surppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-efficacy."

Photo is of our wonderful friend & colleague, Annette Garcia, Founder of Coachella Valley Horse Rescue, with Sunny, a rescued mustang.

08/12/2021

"This study provides evidence that horses have high socio-cognitive abilities to understand not only the pointing gesture but also the attentional state of humans."

07/24/2021

BY LESLIE MOLINARI Equine Assisted Therapy is an established therapeutic program, but is still new to some people. Recently, I was privileged to witness a session at Blue Bell Equine Assisted Therapy in Blue Bell, PA, where I was able to see how it works.  Driving down a long driveway past tree lin...